Repatriated OFWs negative for COVID-19 given go signal to board ships for Visayas, Mindanao

Repatriated overseas Filipino workers who have finished their quarantine period in designated facilities and are COVID-19-free will be allowed to board ships bound for Visayas and Mindanao starting Sunday, the Philippine Coast Guard said.

The OFWs must have certificates from the Philippine Red Cross and quarantine clearances to prove they have tested negative for COVID-19 using the RT-PCR testing administered by the Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs, the PCG said.

The ships will dock in Dumaguete, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Ozamiz, Iligan and Zamboanga.

Interested OFWs were advised to contact 2GO personnel.

—KG, GMA News